Kentucky Rifle Foundation Reading Suggestions Revised 4-24-24
Guns & Gunmakers:
An Intimate Look at the American Longrifle; Its Art & Evolution – Dave Hansen, KRF, 2014
Arms Makers of Maryland – Daniel Hartzler, 1977
Armsmakers of Pennsylvania – James B. Whisker, 1991
The Bedford County Rifle & Its Makers – Calvin Hetrick, 1975
Berks County Longrifles & Gunmakers 1750-1900 – Patrick Hornberger, 2009
Early American Gunsmiths, 1650-1850 – Henry J. Kauffman
Flintlock Fowlers – Tom Grinslade, 2005, 2013
George Schreyer Sr. & Jr., Gunmakers of Hanover, York Co. Pa. – George Shumway, 1990
Gunmakers of Illinois, Volumes 1 & 2 – C. Johnson, 2010
Gunsmiths of Ohio – Hustler, 1973
Indiana Gunmakers & Their Muzzle-Loading Rifles 1778 – 1900 – Jeffrey J. Jaeger, 2021
Jaeger Rifles: Collect Articles from Muzzle Blasts – George Shumway, 1973
The Kentucky Rifle – John G. W. Dillin, 1924, 1946, 1959
The Kentucky Rifle – Merrill Lindsay, 1972
Kentucky Rifle Patchboxes and Barrel Marks – Roy F. Chandler, 1972
Kentucky Rifle Patchboxes, Volume 2 – Roy F. Chandler & James B. Whisker, 1992
Kentucky Rifles and Pistols 1750-1850 – James Johnston, 1976
The Kentucky Rifle & Me – Edith Cooper, 1977
The Lancaster Longrifle – Patrick Hornberger & John Kolar, 2011
Long Rifles of North Carolina – John Bivins, 1968
Longrifle Article from MuzzleBlasts 1965-2001, Volumes 1 & 2 – George Shumway
Longrifles of North Carolina, Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 – Shelby Gallien, 2011
Longrifles of Pennsylvania: Jefferson, Clarion & Eck Counties – Russell Harriger, 1984
Longrifles of Western Pennsylvania, Allegheny & Westmoreland Counties – Richard Rosenberger & Charles Kaufman, 1993
Masterpieces of the American Long Rifle; The Joe Kindig Jr. Collection – Hornberger & Kindig III, 2015
Moravian Gun Makers of the American Revolution – Robert Lienemann & Steve Hench, KRF, 2010
Moravian Gun Makers II, Bethlehem to Christian’s Springs – Robert Paul Lienemann, 2017
Muskets of the Revolution – Ahearn, 2005
North Carolina Schools of Longrifles 1765-1865 – William Ivey, 2010
Pennsylvania Longrifles of Note – George Shumway, 1977
The Pennsylvania Kentucky Rifle – Kauffman, 1960
The Pennsylvania Rifle: Lancaster County During the American Revolution – Samuel Dyke, 1974
The Pennsylvania-Kentucky Rifle, A Lancaster Legend – J. Wayne Heckert & Donald Vaughn, 1993
Recreating the American Longrifle, 5th Edition – Buchele, Shumway & Alexander – 2020
Rifles of Colonial America, Vol. I Revised – George Shumway & Robert P. Lienemann, 2024
Rifles of Colonial America, Vol. II – George Shumway, 1980
Selected Articles from the KRA Bulletin, Volume I -30 – Henry Bishop Editor, 2005
Thoughts on the American Flintlock Pistol – Samuel Dyke, 1974
Thoughts on the Kentucky Rifle in its Golden Age, Revised 3rd Edition – Joe Kindig, 2017
Powder Horns:
American Powder Horns, Grancsay, 1965
Bone Tipped and Banded Horns Regional Characteristics of Professionally Made Powder Horns, Hopkins, The Honourable Company of Horners, 2016.
Bone Tipped and Banded Horns – Volume 2, Hopkins, The Honourable Company of Horners, 2021
Drums A’Beating, Trumpets Sounding, Guthman, 1993
The Engraved Powder Horn, Dressler, 1996
Pennsylvania “Horns of the Trade” Screw-tip Powder Horns and Their Architecture, DeCamp, The Kentucky Rifle Foundation, 2011
Powder Horns & Their Architecture , Madison Grant, 1985
Powder Horns, Documents of History, Grinslade, 2009
Miscellaneous:
Colonial Riflemen in the American Revolution, Huddleston, 1978
Indian Tomahawks & Frontiersmen Belt Axes, Hartzler & Knowles, 1995
John Small of Vincennes, Dressler & Jaeger, 2010
The Kentucky Rifle Hunting Pouch, Madison Grant, 1977
